Couples can drift away from each other over time. When obligations and responsibilities pull you in other directions, you and your spouse may find yourselves on different paths, moving away from each other without realizing it. But couples can transform from disconnected and distant to vibrant and thriving by focusing on one core skill: having meaningful conversations—the lifeblood of lasting and loving relationships. In Reconnect, couples therapy authors Zach Brittle, LMHC, and Laura Heck, LMFT, offer skills, conversation prompts, and exercises to help you and your partner rebuild your emotional connection and reignite the passion that once brought you together.
- PRINCIPLES OF A HEALTHY CONNECTION, based on curiosity, accountability, and vulnerability, guide you through the workbook to foster communication with less emotional reactivity and judgment, and more trust and intimacy
- 45 MEANINGFUL THEMES TO EXPLORE with scripted questions that help you dive deeper into your identities, beginnings, shared history, responsibilities, and pleasures as well as plans for your future together
- ENJOYABLE RITUALS AND EXERCISES that work hand-in-hand with topical themes to prepare and get you excited for conversations
- EXPERT MARRIAGE COUNSELING GUIDANCE from licensed psychologists and Gottman-certified therapists that is easy to understand and implement into your daily lives
Author
Zach Brittle, LMHC
ZACH BRITTLE, LMHC, is a licensed mental health counselor, Certified Gottman Therapist, and Certified Relational Life Therapist. He is alsothe author of The Relationship Alphabet and Marriage Therapy Journal. Zach lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife and two adulting daughters.
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Laura Heck, LMFT
LAURA HECK, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, Certified Gottman Therapist, and sex therapist in private practice, working exclusively with couples to manage conflict and deepen intimacy and pleasure. Laura has been married to her lover and best friend for the past 15 years, and they have a precocious nine-year-old son, two dogs, and a Sprinter van.
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